This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst. 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning - Added app name with :: support for PAR - Added $c->models/views/controllers - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file. This fixes issues with files that have spaces. - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod. - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view to more sane settings. - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0) - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx) - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles. - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup (stress tests run 12% faster) - Allow $c->error to run as a class method 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support - Cleaned generated tests - Added Root controller concept - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00 - Added plugin introspection. - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for. - Updated tutorial to be more complete. - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67) 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch was not run. (Eric Wong) - Cleaned up generated tests - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62) - Added Catalyst::Manual::About 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00 - Updated prereq versions 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway) - Added YAML config support - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the correct execution order. - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines. - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32. - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe) - Added class and method for caught exception messages. - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par", packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL. - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a filehandle. - Exceptions now return status 500. - Updated for Module::Install 0.44. - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names. - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks) - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks) - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley) - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined). 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass, including those that attach to / - Index is now weighted higher than Path - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl. - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter using $c->req->params('foo'). - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/)) - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings - Removed scrollbar from debug output - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch() 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper. - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL. - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice. - Improved PAR support - Replaced -short with auto-detection - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive - Static::Simple changes: - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short- circuiting. - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions. - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'. 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions - Switched to Module::Install - Renamed tests for easier editing - Reformatted documentation - Renamed -nonew to -force - Added PAR support - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine. (Sascha Kiefer) - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain) 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each request. (Sam Vilain) - Updated benchmarking to work with detach - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server. 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00 - Fixed multiple cookie handling 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required modules. 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue. 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match. 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00 - Fixed minor bugs. - Updated docs. 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz) - Fixed args handling in forward() - Fixed forwarding to classes - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section. - Fixed relative forwarding - Fixed forward arrows in debug output 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes configurable. - Added $c->stack. - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes. - Improved format of startup debug log. - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes) - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing if the browser is closed. - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts. - Switched to Text::SimpleTable. 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility. - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled. - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View base classes - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions - Added multi process external FastCGI support (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain) - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the parent app is shut down. - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for changed files. - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems that change directory mtimes when new files are created. - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an application. - Fixed memory leak in TestApp. 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00 - Whole new dispatcher! - Added index action - Added path_to method - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body. (Andrew Bramble) - Added a new welcome screen. - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper. - Added Static::Simple plugin to core. - Added self restarting test server - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files. - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments. - Fixed handling of escaped query strings. - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params. - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing slash. - Removed req->handle and res->handle - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress. - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path. - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers. 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous versions. - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you need Apache support. - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e. $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2') - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat. Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query. - Made $c->req->base a URI object. - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly in the debug output. - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly. - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford) - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly. - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can kill loggging for a whole request. - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling. - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory. - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test coverage and maintainability. - Added fork support to built in test server. - Fixed all memory leaks. - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst core to be thread-safe. - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and $c->res->write() - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input) - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle - Improved documentation - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang) - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid action. (Andy Grundman) - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman) 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00 - Now with updated manifest. 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz) 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN) - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon) - added arguments for detach - new credits section in pod - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert) - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' ) 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a component that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base. - Fix for inheritance bug. - Allow forward with arguments. - Updated cookbook - Allow overriding home/root in config. - make module build cons README automatically. - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman) - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests. - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive} - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception - added section on param handling in Intro.pod - added $c->request->cookie - added Catalyst::Setup - refactored Catalyst::import() - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00 - improved base locating in MP engines - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout) 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00 - fixed a bug in https detection - fixed auto chain finally - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00 - improved uploads and parameters - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module - fixed win32 installer - added deep recursion detection - fixed auto actions - fixed inheritance in dispatcher - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string in Path and Regex attributes - new helper templates - installer now supports install_base and destdir - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl instance (not the same app!) - fixed MP2 engines - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines - added support for MP registry scripts - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines - added SpeedyCGI engine 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory, remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL - Added compat to install Module::Build if required. - Improved: Params handling with MP engines - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman) - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout) 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462) - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman) - added Plugins chapter to manual - applied doc patch from Robert Boone - improved Dispatcher error messages. - refactored so we don't need to include helper from Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman - added plugin() method for instant plugins - FCGI is no more considered experimental 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00 - fixed manifest 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00 - some documentation bugs fixed - added Catalyst::Utils - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout) - fixed upload bug with MP19 - added $c->req->body - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when generating code. - extended attribute handling - added global config for components 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00 - new core to support inheritance trees - new syntax for action declaration - new helper system using TT2 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed - added Test::Pod support - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support - added option to run tests against a remote server - renamed errors() to error() - more better docs - countless minor improvements IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again... 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005 - added some messages to Makefile.PL - added Catalyst::Engine::Test - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass - added cgi.pl - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test - updated helper scripts IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate the script directory. We promise! 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford) - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford) - removed cgi-server.pl - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully) - new path test (Christian Hansen) IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!* 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen) - previous release was borked! fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :( 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00 - more documentation (Andrew Ford) - added connection informations (Christian Hansen) - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen) - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen) - removed Catalyst::Test::server - updated helper scripts IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl, script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl) 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen) - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after code changes - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford ) 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00 - debug message for parameters - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen ) - some random fixes - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support you have to update script/create.pl to use it 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every second request - more debug messages - 100% pod coverage. 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa) - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks) 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00 - updated cookbook example - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven) 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00 - no more regex actions in forward - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00 - catch errors in application class - handle die properly. 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00 - fixed docs 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00 - moved bin to script 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00 - improved documentation - pod coverage test for helper generated apps - new helper api 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005 - server_base sucks, removed - added $c->log->dump() 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005 - removed some warnings - improved docs - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions - added server_base - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005 - improved documentation - fixed upload bug - fixed prefixed private actions bug - fixed more little bugs 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005 - improved documentation - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom) 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward() - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in !?default, !?begin and !?end - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro - new helpers, bin/catalyst - helper api 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg) - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test (Marcus Ramberg) - improved documentation for actions 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00 - error reporting for app class - no more engine debug messages - class->method forwards get resolved now 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00 - friendlier statistics 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg) 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00 - better statistics 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00 - real version number for CPAN.pm - fixed redirect in CGI engine - more statistics in debug logs - ? prefix for forward() 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine (Gary Ashton Jones) - replaced _ with ! for private actions - added ? for prefixed actions - misc improvememts 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005 - arguments for _default - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility - added $c->req->method 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005 - POD fixes and improvements 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005 - first development release